Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 68 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Chapter 2 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
Section 68-2-003 - Grievance Principles

003.01 Any inmate in the custody of NDCS may file a grievance.

003.02 An inmate shall submit an Informal Grievance Resolution Form to designated unit staff.

003.03 If an inmate is dissatisfied with the response to the Informal Grievance, the inmate may file a Step-One Grievance with the Warden. The Step-One Grievance Form must be used and the Informal Grievance with the response thereto must be attached.

003.04 No one shall alter, interfere with, or delay the transmittal of an inmate grievance.

003.05 No inmate who uses the grievance procedure shall be subject to any type of disciplinary sanction or other adverse action for filing grievances unless a determination has been made that the inmate is abusing the grievance process, then a reasonable limitation may be placed on the number of grievances that may be filed by the inmate for a specified period of time.

003.06 Language used in grievances is subject to the Inmate Code of Offenses and Inmate Disciplinary Procedures.

003.07 Each grievance will be reviewed and, if necessary, investigated. The inmate shall receive a prompt written response. Circumstances such as illness, injury, or unavailability of a witness may lengthen the response time.

003.08 Inmate grievances shall be confidential. Consistent with ensuring confidentiality, staff participating in the disposition of a grievance shall have access to records needed to respond to the grievance.

003.09 An inmate may not address a grievance to a particular staff member.